All posts for the month June, 2014

While other companies are struggling with concepts of diversity, and some gamers are feeling fatigued by shooters featuring ludicrously macho guys – Nintendo just splatted out a new, (almost) non-violent shooter with a distinctly feminine aesthetic.

It’s finally Game Over for this year’s E3, which has seen 50,000 games fans and 2000 exhibitors pack into LA’s convention centre over three days to play the latest console and PC titles, meet the biggest developers and immerse themselves in the maelstrom of the modern games business.

Remember when Eiji Aonuma teased that the character seen in the Wii U Zelda trailer wasn’t necessarily Link? My oh my, Stephen Fry, it seems like the Zelda mastermind may have been joking around. We all may have gone a little too crazy with theories this time, folks.

It’s no secret that I really liked the reveal of Zelda U, but what about the finer details? What exactly is in this reveal that is beyond the initial action? I’m here to break down what we have seen in the greatest detail I can. I will include timestamps where each new thing can be seen.

The lights are going off at E3, and Nintendo is packing up all of those lovely debug systems that are home to titles that, we hope, will be future classics. It certainly seemed like Nintendo kept us busy over the three days, especially with its rolling Treehouse coverage.

Nintendo is pulling the curtain away from Hyrule Warriors entirely, and we now know a heaping load of details on the game. The upcoming Tecmo-Koei title will be released on September 26th in retail and on the eShop.

Here is the trailer for the new Zelda game for the Nintendo Wii U, shown off mnutes ago during Nintendo’s E3 2014 Digital Event. We see a ton of unfamiliar new aspects in the Zelda universe, all of them completely fresh and beautiful.